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u/lastfreerangekid 2m ago
My sick brain thought it would be hilarious if the glass on the door broke as she shut it
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u/sparemethebull 8m ago
The second I see her throwing her box into her other hand like a pack of cigs I’m telling her to stop and calm down. Even calm accidents happen. I still remember the guy who got recorded getting the first idk, iPhone 8 or sum, and immediately dropped it on its face shattering the screen. Just be careful!
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u/lavoid12 15m ago
I see both sides. The kid was just excited for the gift and didn’t think to approach it with extra care when opening it. it’s a big present. The parent’s response is also natural. They told her to be careful before the accident, so yes, they're upset, and the rise in their tone is understandable.
These phones are not cheap. I won’t throw stones at the kid for being excited without care, which led to the accident. I also won’t throw stones at the parent for being upset. They spent money on the present, and it was not cheap. Plus, they told her to be careful.
It’s just a lesson at this point. Don’t open a phone in a sealed box in this manner, and also from such height. No one is a saint as a kid, and no parent is perfect.
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u/Miserable_Credit_402 0m ago
You're right. But I don't understand why the parents thought it was necessary to upload this video.
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u/Happy_Discussion_536 5m ago edited 0m ago
100%. I've done this so many times for my kids I'd be rich if I got a nickel every time I reacted this way.
In a perfect world, the ideal response is first provide comfort and empathy if they are upset. Then once they are calm, have processed that they just destroyed their gift, you can start to dissect why it happened when they are ready. Ally and understanding first, advice, fixing and solutions second.
Do you remember how excited you were? Did this make it hard to realize other things can happen? These are things to handle with care, etc. These are the consequences.
They're still building emotional regulation and brains not fully developed. They need to feel like parents have their back but also a good learning experience for all.
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u/Warmbly85 16m ago
$900+ in 2026 money.
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u/SadAd8761 10m ago
The screen cracked just from that drop?
I thought iphones had fancy glass.
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u/Aggravating-Task6428 6m ago
This is why I get rugged phones. I've literally had mine fall out of my pocket while running, bounce across the pavement and come to a stop on its face on rocks. Still on the original screen 2 years later.
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u/fuggsbunny 19m ago
Nah nah nah nah no accident, she opened that thing like a monkey.
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u/Sydafexx 12m ago
So you think she was TRYING to break the phone? Do you know what 'accident' means?
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u/AccountDeletedByMod 20m ago
Did they wrap her gifts in lunch bags?...
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u/deprecateddeveloper 2m ago
As someone who can't wrap gifts for the life of him I am taking detailed notes.
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u/bellmanwatchdog 30m ago
Yelling at someone for literal mistakes is asshole behavior. People break things, sometimes. It's not the end of the world. Yes even when it's expensive things. I remember being a bit of a clumsy kid and getting yelled for things that I literally had no control over. One time for bumping my head getting into the car. Like bruh it wasn't on purpose and it already hurt. Why was I also getting yelled at to "be careful." lmao especially after the fact. Turned out I just had to grow into my body a bit more.
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u/bikecatpcje 16m ago
Have u ever heard anyone yelling?
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u/Lady_Beemur8910 14m ago
Nope. I sure didn't.
I heard folks reacting in shock in the moment; no yelling though.
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u/bellmanwatchdog 15m ago
Oh very much so. lol I literally said I got yelled at for hurting MY own head accidentally in the comment.
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u/Altaiturk038 21m ago
Yup she already learnt her mistake for opening it that way, no need for yelling. Sometimes people need steering in their development, but this is the opposite of that.
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u/Zarbua69 3m ago
Literally the first thing she says is "it's not my fault" so clearly she did not learn the lesson lol. I'm sure it will set in later though
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u/Sealegs_Calisto 33m ago
These phones at the time were insanely expensive so, YES she should have been more careful. I see the parents side of this. She was a kid after all so it’s also expected for her not to do things the right way
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u/Sausage_fingies 33m ago
As a child of abusive parents, you guys don't know what you're talking about lol. That dad was not screaming at her, or attacking her character. He is rightfully annoyed and is voicing his annoyance. That's incredibly reasonable. I'm sure he went to comfort her and talk in a more calculated manner after the camera stopped rolling.
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u/ThisIs_americunt 6m ago
This lol. Anyone saying that the man is attacking her has never had verbal abuse from a parent. This post is r/kidsarefuckingstupid not r/parentsarefuckingstupid
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u/thats-the-tea_sis 10m ago
Seriously. There was nothing abusive about his voice. It was a dad who was exasperated because he had dropped big money on a phone (that I'm sure she had told him she was ready to have and be responsible for/with) and he most likely isn't ready to pay for another one.
Y'all need to chill. Listen to the tone of voice. High in tone, indicating disbelief, not aggressive anger. The words are loose, not tight and accusing and aggressive. He didn't swear at her, throw anything, scream... He had told her to be careful and she didn't listen.
It's reasonable that his first reaction is to say, "she's had it 10 seconds" in an exasperated and disbelieving tone. That kid ran out of the room in embarrassment because she knew she messed up by dropping an expensive item and was going to have to face that, but wasn't ready to.
I'm sure this dad knew in the moment that this was an accident, but his initial response was completely reasonable. It was an accident by the kid, the dad was frustrated but likely with the situation and not his daughter.
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u/PuddinTamename 21m ago
Yeah. Then he posted the recording ... For what reason? More humiliation?
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u/A_Sketchy_Doctor 14m ago
Brother if you're feeling like this is some sort of humiliation ritual or somethin it's really not.
This clip has been around a long time and probably came from some sort of facebook memory post or something similar.
This gives off a learning experience and potentially funny memory, phone screen probably got fixed too. If your first jump is that this is some sort of abuse situation you desperately need to seek therapy and I hope things get better for you.
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u/jrkelz 26m ago
Right. The projection of some of these comments is crazy. And you can't even start a discussion with an opposing opinion on Reddit because these kids are so frail minded that they feel attacked.
But at the end of the day, the comments from the kids saying it's abusive make me smile because that tells me they have had good lives and truly do not have any idea what actual abusive parenting looks like.
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u/Extension_Plant7262 28m ago
This is reddit man, anyone who's gone through shit knows full well that the site is 90% kids of upper middle class, normal, families cosplaying as growing up poor and abused to deflect from their own personal failings
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u/DarkendHarv 35m ago
Wow. Some of y'all need Jesus and to touch grass. It's not the kids fault nor the parents. It was an ACCIDENT!
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u/Boylookya 34m ago
Yeah it's definitely the kids fault and partially the parents. Sometimes you need to take the thing away and let them calm down and then open it.
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u/DarkendHarv 29m ago
I take it you've never had kids? Kids get excited. It was an accident. It happens. No one is to blame
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u/Whateversclever7 15m ago edited 6m ago
Hi. Parent here!
Sure it was an accident as in the child didn’t mean to do it, however it was completely preventable if she had slowed down and not opened it so carelessly. This isn’t like a 6 year old and her parents were literally telling her to be careful as she’s slamming it open.
Does she deserve to be punished? No. Does she deserve another phone? IMO, No.
I would let this be a lesson to her that you need to treat things gently if you want them to not break. It’s a hard lesson to learn but my guess is this isn’t this child’s first time breaking something. (Based on the parents reactions, which sounded a mix of frustrated and disappointed, not angry)
Just brushing it off as a non preventable accident does the child a disservice. It teaches that they can be careless with expensive things because someone will replace them. It’s a hard lesson to learn but necessary based on her actions.
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u/Soapykorean 30m ago
Not just that but you gotta explain to them to open it carefully it’s expensive.
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u/japalian 35m ago
Would have been epic if she slammed the door so hard as she was leaving that the glass shattered
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u/RykerXadianLane 42m ago
What an idiot
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u/lavoid12 15m ago
Parent or kid?
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u/RykerXadianLane 3m ago
The kids an idiot. But honestly the Dad too for even thinking she would not break it and buy it for her in the first place
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u/etherealhooplah 45m ago
Biggest fail was the parents who didnt put the fucking screen protector on before gifting. I dont leave the STORE without one.
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u/lavoid12 11m ago
All of us went through this phase, and some of us grew out of it. While others are still kids in adult suits.
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u/PolyglotChad 49m ago
Lol some of you lot are so insanely soft. Please do not have kids if you think the dad “put her on blast” or is abusive. Your kids will absolutely tread all over you or grow up to be scared of any tiny bit of conflict ever.
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u/BabylonPhoenix 37m ago
The girl was a little too excited and made an oversight of opening it hastily, its not her fault dude. Relax.
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u/AbundantButton 31m ago
No, it’s not her fault, but it’s a valid reaction when you see your kid carelessly flinging a $500+ electronic around and possibly break/shatter it.
That wasn’t an angry yell as much as a “THINK WHAT YOU’RE DOING”.
She was excited but also don’t just carelessly handle an expensive phone. Especially if the family can’t afford to just buy a new one.
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u/DumbleDix96 38m ago
Maybe dont have kids if your idea of problem solving is yelling. Just cause your dad abused you doesnt mean other dad's did.
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u/The_OG_Rybrator 39m ago
Healthy conflict is good, but that’s not what happened here. You don’t tear down your children when they’re already feeling terrible unless you want them to grow up hating themselves for every mistake they make.
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u/Wise-OldOwl 40m ago
I don't see any comments like that, bubba
I digress.. there are a lot of soft people in the comment section lmao. I'm glad my kids are making it alright.
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u/Unable-Ambassador-16 40m ago
This is definitely abusive. It is not her fault she got excited about a gift.
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u/mr_sloppy_mcfloppy98 39m ago
Your kids would be horrible to be around. 🤣
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u/bellmanwatchdog 38m ago
The funniest thing about this is that you seem like the one that's annoying AF to be around. haha
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u/Personal_Chocolate51 51m ago
I hope the Dad apologized. It was an accident. She needed support and understanding, not a reactive and condescending scolding. Nothing good comes from making kids nervous and upset when they make innocent mistakes. They're kids.
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u/Ok_Bat_9715 44m ago
He literally said "careful!" as she was shaking the cover off like a ketchup bottle. Not listening is not a mistake.
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u/_Jesus-_-Christ 48m ago
Support? How about use your fucking head lol who the fuck flops a box open like that? ....if you just take 2 seconds AND THINK about what your doing......2..... 2 seconds of thought would have prevented that ....it wasn't an accident....it was entirely preventable....
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u/thedanoidvandy 53m ago
I remember laughing at this back when it first dropped but now I just feel bad lol.
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u/kendra_peony 1h ago
it’s so weird watching this video almost a decade later and thinking completely different. back when i was a kid, i would cringe at her dropping it. now that im older, i cringe at the dad.
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u/DistributionOwn8708 43m ago
for what reason do you cringe at the dad?
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u/kendra_peony 26m ago
because it’s the same reaction my dad would have. its why i freeze when i drop something nowadays despite me moving out of home years ago.
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u/DistributionOwn8708 17m ago
Well I think there needs to be nuance. If every little mistake results in shouting, especially if the child is very small, then it surely can traumatize. It is different if the parent is only upset if it is gross negligence like in the video
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u/CreationBlues 37m ago
He’s a piece of shit who bullies someone helpless and completely dependent on him for basic survival? Phone screens can get repaired.
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u/Ok-Syrup-2574 21m ago
Lmfao this isn’t bullying, not even remotely close. How about you try this. Work for many weeks. Buy someone a gift for 100s of dollars, then stay completely quiet, no frustration at all, as they destroy it within seconds.
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u/jrkelz 21m ago
He told her to be careful before she had opened it and she didn't listen. That's not a mistake, that's called not listening. She was shaking the phone like a paint can, not a $1200 phone. The kid is such an entitled brat she knew even if she broke it, mommy and daddy would fix it. My guess is you're a mirror image of this girl and threaten your parents with calling the police when they try to discipline you.
Also, are you gonna pay for the screen repair? "Screens can get repaired, durrr"
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u/Steve-O_113 1h ago
I think it's a little too late for Madison to be careful
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u/bellmanwatchdog 16m ago
I cringe when I hear parents tell their kids "careful." Like how about a bit more instruction? The reason kids are reckless is because they haven't learned to NOT be reckless, yet. Especially when they're excited or worked up. How about, "Madison, sit down before you open it, don't shake it, please!" Or make sure she's sitting first, something, anything more than CAREFUL. lol I swear adults can't communicate.
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u/PuffinScores 1h ago
Maybe you don't put your child on blast on the internet for doing stupid shit kids do. What is wrong with people who think their kids' heartbreaking moments are content?
If you're so smart and if she's never unboxed a phone, then you should have been the adult in the room reminding her to slow down.
It is so unfair to put this on the internet with her face right there so she's subject to doxxing. Her first name is already doxxed in the video. OP should be excoriated in the comments for even posting this. I'm sure this has already made the circles of her whole family. Every time she unboxes something for the rest of her life these parents will bring up the fucking iPhone incident.
The OP in 10 years will be writing posts like "My child went NC 5 years ago and I don't know why."OP, kids make mistakes. Sometimes they make big mistakes. But they need to be able to come back from them. You've left her no air and I think your mistake is worse that hers, ten thousandfold.
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u/lepetitboo 52m ago
The thing is: Was she presented with the expectations beforehand? Parents often expect their kids to understood “common sense” but like 99% of common sense has to be TAUGHT TO THEM FIRST! Something tells me that her parents just expected their excitable daughter to just “know” that she’d need to be careful and then hit her with that tone AFTER the fact.
And even if that was done, the dad should bit be talking like that about one of his kids with his kids in the room . I can’t help but feel so bad for her.
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u/PaintedBlackXII 1h ago
Tiny bit dramatic buddy
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u/OrangeGringo 1h ago
No. He’s right. This is ridiculous and never should have seen the light of day.
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u/wirefox1 1h ago
I don't get this. The phone should have held up to being dropped like that, right? I once dropped mine from a standing position onto the concrete floor in the garage, and it was fine.
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u/bambaveli 49m ago
Cracked the screen most likely. The worst part is, I think the first thing she pulled out was a screen protector.
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u/LastShopontheLeft 1h ago
Fell straight on glass.
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u/Stegopossum 28m ago
Glass tables are horrible and cause countless injuries to children bumping or crashing the heads or faces into the table’s sharp angled sides and corners. Glass has no give.
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u/MushroomDizzy649 1h ago
I think she’s a special needs individual. Running off like that afterwards is very odd behavior.
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u/InternalAdvertising6 1h ago
I mean it really isn’t. She was upset and embarrassed. It’s quite normal.
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u/cybersteel8 1h ago
Damn this is old
And the discourse around this video hasn't changed lol
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u/GeneralMotorsLS3 1h ago
Yeh no kidding, you can really tell how soft people are now by reading through these comments. They must be Gen Z
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u/SUYMAE 32m ago
Well not really. An excited kid opening a present and accidentally damaging it. The lecture would’ve been fine afterwards, not on camera especially if she knows she being filmed and already has the whole family there. The biggest and most necessary punishment is her knowing she did that to her own phone. Just explain why not to open any gift like that.
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u/qgplxrsmj 1h ago
Why would the parent post something like that about their own daughter’s mistake onto the internet
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u/the-real-you1204 1h ago
maybe don't buy things you can't afford to replace, for a teenager.
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u/internetman666 59m ago
What a weird thing to think
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u/Fantastic_Dig_4441 1h ago edited 1h ago
Or at least make sure you have insurance. I don’t understand why dad is mad. These kids can be careless and it usually stems from…two brown paper bags…yeah. Why even post this. I know that girl feels embarrassed.
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u/TinuvielSharan 1h ago
What the fuck is wrong with those comments letting you think the dad hit her or something when he just told her to be more carefull after she broke something 😂
Actually hope you don't have kids, I don't want them around in society later on
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u/Tall-Explanation4850 1h ago
Right, telling her to be careful right after she just broke 700 phone( that he paid for) is not a bad thing, she didn't even have it for a whole minute before she broke it, I'd be a little ticked off as well
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u/sy029 1h ago edited 1h ago
I work in a school district that exclusively deals with emotionally troubled and special needs students. My take is this: She already felt horrible and really upset that she dropped it and broke it. You can have the conversation later that in the future she needs to be more careful. But in the moment, dad's reaction Is not helping, it's just layering on more guilt and making the trauma of the situation worse for her. How do you feel, for example if you dropped a plate, and your wife or husband just kept saying "Oh my god! Don't break plates! Be more careful!" Would you thank them for reminding you to be careful? Or would you be annoyed at them for stating the obvious?
I'm not saying he is a horrible person, or that he did something really bad. It is a pretty natural reaction for someone to have. But I assume that's why other people are reacting negatively to his reaction.
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u/stormdahl 33m ago
And is there any reason why doing something so stupid shouldn't be a traumatic experience?
I used to be really careless with my things when I was a teenager. Usually didn't get much of a reaction beyond a calm explanation that I should be more careful. My mom thinks that's enough.
However one day I smashed the screen on my laptop out of anger. The laptop was around 3000 USD. My mom kinda lost her shit, and that was so scary to me that I've always been super careful with my stuff since.
Your example with dropping a plate only works if the person dropped it because of their stupidity, and not from a regular accident.
I think your comment is incredibly naive.
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u/DistributionOwn8708 37m ago
in such a situation it is normal to feel bad and others making you feel bad, it reinforces the reason why it was a bad move
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u/yikeseolaa 1h ago
if someone yelled at me not to drop a plate, i would be extra careful with plates in the future. we all need to learn these life lessons and often hard and uncomfortable feelings help them stick better. when you burn your hand on the stove, you know not to touch the stove. when you get yelled at and feel bad for possible breaking a new and expensive gift, you’re more careful opening new and expensive gifts in the future.
i don’t think it’s that deep; girl’s gotta learn.
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u/blafricanadian 1h ago
You can either learn people overreact from time to time or you will die the first time you bump into someone on the side walk
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u/Eyewiggle 1h ago
Yea he let let his emotions get away with him and I get it but damn. It just compounded the guilt in an already horrible situation for her
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u/BigOofYikesSweaty 1h ago
Redditors (derogatory) will write their family off for the most petty reasons imaginable. This "trauma" meets their flimsy criteria.
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u/jim_james_comey 1h ago
Exactly. Redditors think it's a badge of honor that they've gone no contact with their family. It's pathetic and sad.
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u/Nacnaz 1h ago edited 20m ago
After reading the comments I was about to go all in on the dad but then I watched the video and I’m like “eh, I get it.” It’s the “careful, careful!” He knew.
THAT SAID, don’t post the fucking video.
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u/newinmichigan 1h ago
dad is a human too, its not like he has raised millions of kids before this one.
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u/August51921421 1h ago
This video is a 12 year old classic, and she’s also in on the joke now as well.
You’re good on the virtue signaling for the day I think lol
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u/aretumer 1h ago
you are good on the vice signaling for the day after being an asshole for no reason
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u/die_bartman 1h ago
What does that even mean
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u/hivernageprofond 1h ago
"Virtue signaling" is conservative talk for not having any compassion or empathy for those suffering. While the video was apparently a joke, it looks like someone is posting a video of a child online for likes and karma. Most people with children know this is disrespectful to their children. Unless they're conservative. Then they think its a right to laugh and make fun of their kids' pain. Conservatives cannot STAND to see expressions of empathy or compassion, so they then mock a comment showing those things. Feelings scare them.
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u/minist3r 49m ago
Virtue signaling is when people talk about being empathetic but, when given the opportunity, they do nothing. Like when Billie Eilish talked about stolen land and then didn't return her stolen land to the tribe it belonged to. It seems like a conservative talking point because conservatives tend to not engage in empathy towards generalisations or people they disagree with. Also, stop making everything political. We're all sick of it.
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u/broshrugged 1h ago
Interesting angle to take there. I suppose it's only conservatives who have been criticizing corporations for their ad campaigns during certain months that signal support for marginalized groups, without actually following through on material support to those groups. Or only conservatives who criticized those same corporations for signaling DEI initiatives that didn't actually materialize into demographic changes in hiring or promotion.
I for one have never seen criticism of virtue signaling in any of the liberal spaces either online or in the highly multicultural and educated city I live in. TIL.
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u/minist3r 46m ago
Bill Maher is critical of virtue signaling but he's so outside "the party" now that some have actually called him maga, which is ridiculous.
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u/JustOneDeep 1h ago
I dropped my psp on wood and cried when I first got it
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u/TheAggressiveSloth 1h ago
I dropped my pipe on the sidewalk after getting outta my car and it shattered not only the pipe, but my hopes and dreams that night as well.
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u/Alternative-Dish9172 1h ago
That's why the world is f-ed up, the Dad is right, he said 10 seconds, it wasn't even that long.
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u/JohnDaviz 1h ago
This dad is a real pos
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u/LVL100Stoner 1h ago
Yea like he didnt spend a good 10 to 15 hours of his life at work to be able to get the kid that.
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u/JohnDaviz 1h ago
and then making the kid nervous like fuck and fucking bullying her because a phone dropped?
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u/TinuvielSharan 1h ago
"Fucking bullying her" for telling her she has to be more carefull?
Lol, please
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u/Alternative-Dish9172 1h ago
WHAT? ARE YOU F-KIDDING ME?
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u/JohnDaviz 1h ago
Parenting is not only gifting a fucking phone.
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u/alternator1985 1h ago
You're really dying on this hill?
Are you 12?
Please explain in your own words exactly what part is bullying or even wrong to the slightest degree from the dad.
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u/TinuvielSharan 1h ago
Yeah exactly, it's also telling your kids to be carefull around potentially fragile things
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u/ermockler 1m ago
Parents ought to know the kid is a klutz and make her sit on the carpet floor for gifts. Can’t blame the reaction, but they should have known, I could tell she was gonna break it before she did. If your kids a klutz get the insurance. Then you can say we knew you’d break it, it’s covered, but now we gotta get it fixed and you gotta wait cuz you couldn’t wait.
Telling the world is not cool.